Posted December 8, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Water Heater

For some time we’d been clearing out and cleaning my dad’s house following his death. One day the hot water heater gave out. While we knew it needed to be replaced, it was not on our list of things to do that day. Dad’s old green pickup truck was filled to the brim with things […]

Posted December 8, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Eveready - All is Well

My father always wore a wristwatch and glanced at it often. He was always on time. When he retired, his company gifted him with a clock. For a good long time, it took a rightful place for prominent display.

When dad died, I brought home one of the two clocks he kept in his […]

Posted December 2, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Grace is All Around

My husband and I were a bit traumatized after witnessing an horrific incident at a bridge close to where we’re camping in Santa Cruz, as we were walking back from the beach. A man had a medical incident (DUI-drugs apparently) while driving across the bridge, hitting someone and another person either leapt out of the […]

Posted November 30, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Mint-to-be

We had been on the road for over ten hours and decided to stay the night somewhere near where dear friends are now living. Breakfast and a visit before heading on to the scheduled visit with my brother-and-sister-in-love seemed perfect.

With the help of another friend who was reading reviews online, we settled on a […]

Posted November 16, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Reggie Road

Their purchasing a larger home was quite the story. They knew they wanted more children and they would talk about a large farmhouse quite nearby where they were currently living. One day she made contact with the owners asking if they would consider selling. The owner responded, “We have just been talking about that!”

They […]

Posted November 12, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Two Heartbeats

Expecting twin boys then the sad news one of the boys was likely not viable.

The babies’ shower was already planned. Do they cancel? Accept gifts for only one? They decided to go ahead with the shower and when the food was blessed by her aunt, the prayer was spoken with total truth and trust:

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Posted November 11, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Small Seed of Faith

It was late in the evening of a long day and it had been a very emotionally difficult week when her friend shared an 11-minute video which the friend found very funny. She did not laugh.

“You did not think it was funny?” the friend asked.

“I did not find it funny. It was long […]

Posted November 9, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Jarvis Jay MASTERS!

Feeling troubled about a family member who was incarcerated again, she found herself meditating on Jarvis Jay Masters. He has been in prison for over 40 years, on Death Row. While incarcerated, Jarvis has become an amazing practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, an author and a teacher.

For the first time she could see the beauty […]

Posted November 7, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Sign from God

It had been a stressful stretch. She got a difficult “cold” and then her young twin grandsons got it. She was trying to help her daughter care for them.

Not yet with full stamina, she tripped a bit and jammed her wrist. She did not seek medical attention immediately but a day or so […]

Posted November 2, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Kyle Texas

Thanks in large part to Zoom technology, our spiritual community now stretches across the globe. When one of our friends, who lives in Texas, let me know her mother had just pasted about an hour earlier, I quickly sent an email message out to the other members with that news. People would want to offer […]